Uganda: MPs probe $30m fibre optic project.Byline: shiv03 Uganda Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. ) have directed the Auditor General Auditor general may refer to,
Members of the Committee have since 2008 complained of irregularities in the procurement of the contractor and inflated costs in the construction of the cable indicating they were not satisfied with the way the $30 million was spent, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Ministry of Information Communication Technology information scientist, Kiirya Godfrey. "That is why they have asked the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit of the NBI NBI Niels Bohr Institute (Denmark) NBI National Bureau of Investigation NBI Nile Basin Initiative (Uganda) NBI National Bridge Inventory NBI Nation Brands Index (statistics) and EGI EGI Effective Gross Income EGI Ethical Globalization Initiative EGI Electrical Geodesics Inc. EGI European Grid Initiative EGI Energy and Geoscience Institute (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT) ," he told The East African Adj. 1. East African - of or relating to or located in East Africa Business Week in Kampala last week. He said the first phase of laying the country's optic fibre cable was completed and it covers the major towns of Jinja in eastern Uganda, Entebbe south of Kampala and Bombo which is to the north of Kampala. "This exercise is ongoing and the Auditor General will give his report appropriately," he said. An industry source revealed to the East African Business Week that both the NBI and EGI were also damaged mainly by the road contractors and building companies who cut and dug up the cables on certain road sections. "Repair of the damages on phase 1 of the two projects are ongoing and are nearing completion, we scheduled to carry out tests by October 30, 2009," said a statement issued by the Ministry of ICT. The statement said that the implementation of the $60 million second phase which was scheduled for implementation this financial year has been halted till phase one becomes operational. The second phase was expected to involve laying 1,543 kilometers of optic fibre cable that will link the major towns of Jinja, Bugiri, Busia, Tororo and Mbale in eastern Uganda. "We have not authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: commencement of phase 11, we are only undertaking repairs on Kampala-Jinja route and any fresh digging is not by the ministry," said the statement signed by Uganda's Minister of Information Communication Technology Aggrey Awori Aggrey Awori (born February 23, 1939) is an opposition member of parliament in Uganda from the Uganda People's Congress. Awori was born in the village of Budimu, near the Ugandan border to Kenya as the 10th of 17 children. . However Uganda's Minister of Information Communication Technology Aggrey Awori said that it was misleading to compare the costs of laying the cable between Uganda and Rwanda. "The terrain and specifications are not similar because of the different terrain and distances spanned by cable," he said. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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